| South Africa |
| 14 |
| Australia |
| 18 |
| 5 September 1953 | ||||||
| Newlands, Cape Town | ||||||
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| Captain: Hennie Muller | Referee: Chris Ackermann (South Africa) | |||||
| Coach: Danie Craven | Attendance: 34500 | |||||
| Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
| Loose-head Prop | Chris Koch | Boland | 25 | 9 | 1 try |
| Hooker | Willem Delport | EP | 32 | 6 | |
| Tight-head Prop | Jaap Bekker | N-Tvl | 28 | 3 | |
| Lock | Ernst Dinkelmann | N-Tvl | 26 | 5 | |
| Lock | Salty du Rand | N-Tvl | 27 | 8 | 1 try |
| Flank | Basie van Wijk | Tvl | 29 | 6 | 1 try |
| Flank | Stephen Fry | WP | 29 | 6 | |
| Eighthman (C) | Hennie Muller | Tvl | 31 | 10 | |
| Scrumhalf | Hansie Oelofse | Tvl | 26 | 1 | |
| Flyhalf | Ian Kirkpatrick | Griquas | 23 | 0 | |
| Left Wing | Chum Ochse | WP | 28 | 5 | 1 try |
| Inside Centre | Tjol Lategan | Boland | 27 | 10 | |
| Outside Centre | Ryk van Schoor | WP | 31 | 9 | |
| Right Wing | Buks Marais | Boland | 25 | 4 | 1 conversion |
| Full Back | Johnny Buchler | Tvl | 23 | 6 |
| Australia: 4 tries, 3 conversions |
 Team for the Newlands test Back: Jaap Bekker, Basie van Wyk, Ernst Dinkelmann, Salty du Rand, Stephen Fry, Chris Koch Middle: Willa Delport, Hennie Muller (captain), JW Wintle (manager), Danie Craven (coach), Hansie Oelofse, Chum Ochse Front: Tjol Lategan, Ian Kirkpatrick, Buks Marais, Johnny Buchler, Ryk van Schoor |